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Suburban rail loop hurts Frankston
The following comments were submitted online in response to the Nine News article “Albanese pledges $2.2 billion boost for Melbourne’s new train network” and the Herald Sun article “Federal Labor pledges $2.2bn for Andrews government’s Suburban Rail Loop” Suburban rail loop hurts Frankston Labor’s Anthony Albanese promising the Victorian government $2.2bn for stage one of the Suburban […]
ABC News live from Dunkley
ABC News visited Frankston this week to find out from Dunkley residents what matters the most to them this election. Rising cost of living, housing affordability and lack of infrastructure for the community formed the basis of the three following features. An election news article was published on 10 May interviewing the Committee for Greater Frankston about the lack of progress […]
Sky is struggling to compete for a new rental in Melbourne, in a trend that’s ‘getting worse’
ABC News, 10 May 2022 By Margaret Paul Sky has been to more than 50 house inspections in Melbourne’s outer south in the past three months, looking for a new private rental for her and her five children. She is paying $520 a week for her current four-bedroom house, which is about half her income […]
Nothing for Frankston rail in state Budget – again
The Victorian Budget was again a great disappointment for proponents of the long-proposed Frankston rail extension. Not one red cent was allocated to the project. Frankston was mentioned just once in the Budget, announced on Tuesday by Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas. The state government doled out $9.7 million for suburban streetscape improvements, yes, less than […]
Funding promised for art trail
MCCLELLAND Gallery representatives with Labor MPs Tony Burke and Peta Murphy. Bayside News, 9 May 2022 Brodie Cowburn THE federal opposition has pledged $2 million towards the construction of an art trail spanning from the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery in Langwarrin to the Frankston foreshore. The planned 7.4 kilometre trail will feature nine sculptures […]
Frankston Basketball Stadium revamp gets federal support
Senator Jane Hume and Dunkley Liberal candidate Sharn Coombes have announced a $15 million budgeted commitment towards the $45 million redevelopment of the Frankston & District Basketball Association stadium.Ms Coombes stated: “I identified the Frankston Basketball Stadium as a key priority for upgrade in my Local Plan, and after advocating for the project with senior government figures, I’m thrilled that […]
Locals speak on ‘how to improve Frankston public transport’
Fresh eyes on public transport in Frankston – that’s what Warwick Smith brings to the table; eyes that confirm many of the priorities for which C4GF has been advocating since its formation in early 2018, like extending the metro train line. Warwick is a relative newcomer, arriving in 2013 from Sydney, attracted by affordable housing […]
And away we go – the election campaign
After months of speculation, the federal election campaign started last Monday and there’s just five weeks until polling day on Saturday 21 May. The campaign will likely focus on cost-of-living pressures, climate change, and Liberal and Labor competence to govern, but in our electorate of Dunkley, all eyes will be on which party stumps up […]